Nevada’s health insurance exchange was injected with yet another dose of uncertainty over the weekend after the Trump administration announced it was stopping payments to insurance companies required under the Affordable Care Act to even out the burden of providing coverage to the sickest patients.

The Trump administration has been pushing for the return of short-term health plans and association health plans, two types of coverage that are exempt from Affordable Care Act requirements and could offer an affordable alternative to consumers who feel priced out of the Obamacare marketplace.

FDA Chief Gottlieb to Pharma: Those Rebates You Love to Hate May Soon Count as Kickbacks. Gottlieb has vowed to do his part to bring down drug costs by speeding up approvals of generics, for example, and cracking down on companies that try to stifle generic competitors.

The ObamaCare premium wars are back. The cost of health insurance plans on the ObamaCare exchanges could jump in the coming weeks, some by double digits, inflaming the issue ahead of the midterm elections.